Vicious Definition

vĭshəs
adjective
viciouser
Tending to deprave or corrupt; pernicious.
Vicious interests.
Webster's New World
Extremely violent or injurious; cruel.
A vicious blow to the stomach; vicious tactics in suppressing a rebellion.
American Heritage
Harmful, unwholesome, or noxious.
A vicious concoction.
Webster's New World
Marked by an aggressive disposition. Used chiefly of animals.
American Heritage
Malicious; spiteful; mean.
A vicious rumor.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Vicious

Adjective

Base Form:
vicious
Comparative:
viciouser

Origin of Vicious

  • From Anglo-Norman vicious, Old French vicious (modern French vicieux), from Latin vitiōsus, from vitium (“fault, vice").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French vicieus from Latin vitiōsus from vitium vice

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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